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Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants Solicitation 2026

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection · 180519

Eligibility details

Eligible applicants: Federally recognized Native American Tribes. Non-federally recognized Tribes on the California Native American Heritage Commission’s California Tribal Consultation List. Tribally-led 501(c)(3) non-profit with documentation.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required. Match funding is optional but not required.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

Tribal Wildfire Resilience grants fund projects that serve California Native American tribes, support Traditional Ecological Knowledge and cultural fire, improve forest health through forest fuels reduction, pest management, reforestation, biomass utilization, forest watershed restoration, upper watershed, riparian, and mountain meadow restoration, or research thereof, and directly or indirectly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These projects address critical needs in tribal communities, and may include a combination of: Implementing & training Traditional Ecological Knowledges & indigenous stewardship Cultural and prescribed burns Creation and maintenance of shaded fuel breaks and defensible space Forest and wildfire resilience projects such as: reforestation dead and dying tree removal understory thinning and/or removal Forest health & restoration projects Increasing biodiversity and improving access to and use of traditional foods and culturally significant species Workforce Development and training programs in fire, forestry, and related Traditional Ecological Knowledge Mapping projects Development of restoration plans, fire or forest management plans Biological and cultural surveys Environmental compliance and permitting Fuels management Fire reintroduction (and planning for fire reintroduction)

Funding geography: Ancestral homelands within California (as defined by the applying tribe) are eligible. The grantee must have long-term access to the land. Multiple geographic locations may be included in the same proposal.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.